Perry King

Biography for Perry King

Perry King was born on April 30, 1948 in Alliance, Ohio. He is the grandson of the famous literary editor, Maxwell Perkins; the fourth of five children born to a physician, and has ancestral ties to the Declaration of Independence.

Perry received a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama at Yale University and proceeded on to Julliard to study under John Houseman. He's made over 50 films and made-for-television movies; including a few television series' and stage appearances; directed productions; contributed his voice as Han Solo in the National Public Radio's "Star Wars" series and participated in the CD-ROM game "Emergency Room". He is widely known for portraying 'Cody Allen' in the 1984 -1986 NBC Series Riptide; 'Hayley Armstrong' in the Fox series Melrose Place in 1995; and most recently, 'Richard Williams' in the 2000 NBC Series Titans.

In 1984 he was nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion picture Made for Television for his performance in The Hasty Heart co-starring Gregory Harrison and Cheryl Ladd.

Perry married Karen Hryharrow, his college sweetheart, when he was 19 and had a daughter, Louise, on November 5, 1970. From all accounts I've read, their marriage ended amicably in 1980. King remains a devoted father to his daughter, Louise.

An avid motorcyclist with over 30 in his collection, he met Jamison [Jamie] Elvidge, an avid motorcyclist in her own right and one-time editor of the motorcycle magazine, American Woman Road Riding. On June 9, 1990 they were married and in February 1992, daughter Hannah was born. The couple have since divorced. He also enjoys auto racing and competes in several celebrity/charity events.

Perry is involved with the annual 'Love Ride' and 'Ride for Kids' in Los Angeles. He is also the national spokesperson for the Olive Crest Homes for Abused Children in Orange County, California, and has been involved with that particular charity for almost 20 years.

Thirty years after his debut in The Possession of Joel Delaney, Perry King is still performing a multitude of different films as well as television appearances.

Perry King became an isecon of the small Amércain screen thanks to his role as Cody Allen in "Riptide" from 1984 to 1987. His television career was relaunched thanks to Aaron Spelling who, in 1995, hired him to interpret Hayley Armstrong, the Father of Brooke and Alison's husband in the third and fourth season of "Melrose Place".

But his beginnings date back to 1972 in "The Possession of Joel Delaney" in which he played the role of Shirley McLaine's brother then chained roles in the cinema, on television and on Broadway.

But he recently showed the public that he could play comic roles by playing alongside Sean Young in "The Cowboy and the Movie Star" and playing in a few episodes of "Will & Grace".

Arès having come out with Yale's head high, he joined the largest school of arts dramatqiues in the United States, I of course want to talk about the Julliard School where Marcia Cross (Kimberly of "Melrose Place"). Then, he started on New York boards before playing in the cinema in different films, notably with Sylvester Stallone, Mariel Hemmingway (ex-CPW) and was already nominated as the best actor at the Golden Globe.

Perry King is an American actor who is best known for his role in the television series "Riptide" in the 1980s. He also played in films such as "The Hanoi Hilton", "The Day After" and "Mandingo". King was born on April 30, 1948 in Alliance, Ohio. He studied at the University of Yale and began his acting career in the early 1970s by playing in plays in Broadway.

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Trivia

• Perry's wife, Jamie Elvidge, was featured in the 1996 documentary Biker Women (1996) (TV). She works as a motorcycle journalist. Both Perry and her are avid motorcyclists.
• By way of Perry's grandfather, literary editor Maxwell Perkins, he descends from Senator Wm. Evarts; Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence and through Roger Shermans grandfather Roger Wellington he descends from Edward I, King of England, UK.
• Graduated from Yale University with a degree in theatre, and then attended Julliard School, where he studied acting with John Houseman.
• Perry King is from Alliance, Ohio, which is home to Mount Union College. There is an on-campus house named after him, King House, in which some students reside.
• Daughter, Hannah, with Jamie Elvidge.
• Was the voice of Han Solo in the NPR adaptation of the Star Wars Trilogy.

Family

• Spouse : Karen Hryharrow (1967 - 1979) (divorced) 1 daughter, Jamie Elvidge (? - ?) (divorced) 1 child.

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• Creation date: 01/07/2003 by stals
• Last update: 01/05/2007 by abdest